Description
In elfutils 0.175, a heap-based buffer over-read was discovered in the function elf32_xlatetom in elf32_xlatetom.c in libelf. A crafted ELF input can cause a segmentation fault leading to denial of service (program crash) because ebl_core_note does not reject malformed core file notes.
References (8)
Core 8
Core References
Exploit, Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=24089
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/02/msg00036.html
Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://sourceware.org/ml/elfutils-devel/2019-q1/msg00049.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4012-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-06/msg00052.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2197
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_redhat
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3575
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/10/msg00030.html
Scores
CVSS v3
5.5
EPSS
0.0014
EPSS Percentile
33.7%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details
CWE
CWE-125
Status
published
Products (19)
canonical/ubuntu_linux
16.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux
18.10
debian/debian_linux
8.0
debian/debian_linux
9.0
elfutils_project/elfutils
0.175
opensuse/leap
15.0
opensuse/leap
15.1
redhat/enterprise_linux
8.0
redhat/enterprise_linux_desktop
7.0
... and 9 more
Published
Feb 09, 2019
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026